The Rashtrakutas and their Times c10.20

c10.20

In the Sirur grant of Amoghavarsha I, dated 866 A.D.,¹⁰ he is being represented as being worshipped by the ruler of Vengi. Three later records supply more information in this connection. The Sangli plates of Govinda IV¹¹ issued in 933 A.D. state that a right royal feast was offered by Amoghavarsha I to Yama on the battlefield of Vingavalli, where he met the Chālukyas and the Abhyūshakas. The Karhad plates of Kṛṣṇa III, issued in 958 A.D.,¹² observe that the wrath of Amoghavarsha I was not extinguished even when the Chālukya house was burnt to ashes. The Karda plates of Karka II¹³ describe him as the fire of destruction to the Chālukyas. It is, therefore, clear that Amoghavarsha had signally defeated the Vengi ruler sometime before 866 A.D. This defeat cannot be placed in the first half of the 9th century; for Vijayāditya was upon the throne till c. 843 A.D. and the wording of the Idar plates of Amma makes it clear that he was ultimately successful against the Rāṣṭrakūṭas. Amoghavarsha was not in a position to inflict such a defeat for a pretty long time after his attaining the majority, as he was soon thereafter involved in a war with his Gujrāt cousins and had besides to face a number of minor risings.